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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in e-learning are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Kyrgyzstan to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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