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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning have empowered learners all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions have to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Kyrgyzstan to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational initiatives. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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