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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning are making it possible for learners all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are many issues that blended learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Uzbekistan to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better grasp these interesting new open educational ventures. Professors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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