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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online learning are empowering students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Uzbekistan to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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