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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Tajikistan to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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