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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in online education technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Tajikistan to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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