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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Kazakhstan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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