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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online education have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like Kyrgyzstan to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Trainers want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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