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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New changes in online education technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Uzbekistan to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these fascinating new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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