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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in electronic education technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Kyrgyzstan to conduct these MOOC classes? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scientists want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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