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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in elearning make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Kyrgyzstan to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Instructors want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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