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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in electronic educational technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Kazakhstan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. People want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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