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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in technology-enhanced learning are enabling humans all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Uzbekistan to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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