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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online learning are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Kazakhstan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. People want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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