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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Uzbekistan to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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