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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in blended learning have made it possible for people all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Kyrgyzstan to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open education initiatives. Scientists want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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