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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in electronic educational technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Uzbekistan to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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