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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Kazakhstan to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better understand these intriguing new open education endeavours. Trainers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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