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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Kyrgyzstan to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these promising new open education undertakings. Educators want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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