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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Kazakhstan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to understand these intriguing new open education initiatives. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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