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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online learning are enabling students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Uzbekistan to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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