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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Kazakhstan to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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