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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Uzbekistan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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