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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in e-learning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Kazakhstan to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to be more aware of these important new open educational ventures. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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