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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education technology enable people in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Kazakhstan to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better comprehend these exciting new open education initiatives. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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