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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Uzbekistan to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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