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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online education technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is passable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Kazakhstan to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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