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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education are empowering students all around the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Kyrgyzstan to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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