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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Tajikistan to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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