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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are struggling with today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Kyrgyzstan to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Professors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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