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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Uzbekistan to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Professors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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