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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in digital education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Kyrgyzstan to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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