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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Kyrgyzstan to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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