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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Tajikistan to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to better understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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