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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in electronic educational technology are empowering learners all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Kazakhstan to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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