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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning make it possible for people all over the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Uzbekistan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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