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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in online education technology are empowering humans all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Kyrgyzstan to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Educators want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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