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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Kazakhstan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these open educational endeavours. Public servants want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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