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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online education technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in classes online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently 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 subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Tajikistan to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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