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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education are providing the means for humans all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are many subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Kyrgyzstan to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education ventures. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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