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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in e-learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students 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 several topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Kyrgyzstan to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these compelling new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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