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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Kyrgyzstan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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