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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Kyrgyzstan to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these interesting new open education undertakings. Academics want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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