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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Kyrgyzstan to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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