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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Tajikistan to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better comprehend these interesting new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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