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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Uzbekistan to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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