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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic educational technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Kyrgyzstan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better comprehend these promising new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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