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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in e-learning technology make it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Kazakhstan to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to understand these new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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