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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in electronic educational technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Kazakhstan to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational ventures. Researchers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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