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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online learning technology enable students in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Kyrgyzstan to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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