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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Kyrgyzstan to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Scholars want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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