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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Kyrgyzstan to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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