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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in online education have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Tajikistan to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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