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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Tajikistan to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better understand these new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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