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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in e-learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Kyrgyzstan to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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