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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online education enable learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Kyrgyzstan to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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