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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in blended learning technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Tajikistan to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Instructors want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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