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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Kazakhstan to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better grasp these exciting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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