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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in electronic education technology make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take online classes. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions 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 optimal? How can educators get a handle on low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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