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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic education technology are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Uzbekistan to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these promising new open educational ventures. Teachers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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