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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic educational technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many subjects that elearning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Kazakhstan to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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