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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education technology have made it possible for students all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can we assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Tajikistan to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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