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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in elearning have enabled people all around the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like Kyrgyzstan to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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