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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in online education have enabled humans all over the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Kazakhstan to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these interesting new open education undertakings. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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