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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Kazakhstan to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these open educational initiatives. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This definitive new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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