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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in online education make it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Tajikistan to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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