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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in e-learning have enabled students in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many topics that online education institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Tajikistan to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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