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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education have enabled learners in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Tajikistan to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Students want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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