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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators make sure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Uzbekistan to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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