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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in electronic educational technology have empowered students all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Kyrgyzstan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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