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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Kyrgyzstan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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