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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Uzbekistan to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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