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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in online learning have made it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Uzbekistan to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these interesting new open education endeavours. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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