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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online education are enabling people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Kazakhstan to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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