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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning are empowering students in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Kazakhstan to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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