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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Kyrgyzstan to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these important new open education undertakings. Researchers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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