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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Uzbekistan to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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