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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Kyrgyzstan to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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