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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in online education enable learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Kyrgyzstan to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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