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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations have to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Kyrgyzstan to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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