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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Kyrgyzstan to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. People want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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