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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in electronic educational technology are making it possible for students all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Kyrgyzstan to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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