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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest changes in elearning technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Tajikistan to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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