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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning are enabling learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several subjects that e-learning institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Kazakhstan to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better understand these interesting new open education endeavours. Academics want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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