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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Kyrgyzstan to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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