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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in digital education technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations are considering more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Tajikistan to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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