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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in technology-enhanced learning enable people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Kazakhstan to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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