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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education technology have made it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Kazakhstan to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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