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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in electronic education technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Kyrgyzstan to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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