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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in e-learning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Tajikistan to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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