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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online learning technology are enabling students all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Tajikistan to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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