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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Tajikistan to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Academics want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses 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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