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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning have empowered students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions must deal with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Uzbekistan to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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