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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is all right? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Kazakhstan to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Scientists want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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