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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. 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. MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Kazakhstan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Researchers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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