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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education technology have empowered learners all over the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Kyrgyzstan to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to understand these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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