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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in learning technology are enabling students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Kazakhstan to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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