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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education enable students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Kyrgyzstan to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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