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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Tajikistan to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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