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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Tajikistan to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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