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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Kyrgyzstan to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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