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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in blended learning technology are making it possible for students all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many topics that elearning institutions are considering more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Uzbekistan to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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