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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning enable learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Uzbekistan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to understand these significant new open educational ventures. Corporations want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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