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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Kyrgyzstan to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Educators want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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