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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in electronic educational technology enable students all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning organizations must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Tajikistan to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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