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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always 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 numerous issues that online education institutions are considering today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Kyrgyzstan to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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