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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Tajikistan to conduct these MOOC courses? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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