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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online education have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Uzbekistan to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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