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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in e-learning have enabled learners in every nation on earth 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 MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Kazakhstan to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Students want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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