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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in online learning are enabling students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Tajikistan to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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