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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in electronic education technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Kazakhstan to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this increasing need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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