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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Kazakhstan to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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