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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in technology-enhanced learning enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Kazakhstan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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