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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic educational technology have enabled people all around the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Tajikistan to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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