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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in digital education technology have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Kazakhstan to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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