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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions have to consider today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Uzbekistan to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational ventures. Professors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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