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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online education enable students all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Tajikistan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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