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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in digital education technology are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Tajikistan to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Educators want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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