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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education are enabling students in all parts of the world to take online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are considering today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Kyrgyzstan to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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