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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in electronic educational technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Kyrgyzstan to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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