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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic educational technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Kazakhstan to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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