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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Kyrgyzstan to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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