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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in e-learning enable students all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Kazakhstan to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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