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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in elearning enable students in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Tajikistan to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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