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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Tajikistan to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this crescive demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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