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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in online education have provided the means for students in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Kazakhstan to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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