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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning technology make it possible for learners all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Kazakhstan to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education ventures. Educators want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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