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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in digital education technology make it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Kyrgyzstan to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to understand these interesting new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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