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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in digital education technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Kyrgyzstan to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these exciting new open educational endeavours. Universities want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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