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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning are enabling students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Kazakhstan to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also examines 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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