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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Kazakhstan to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to understand these compelling new open education endeavours. Professors want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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