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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic education technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Kazakhstan to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Students want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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