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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in e-learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Turkey to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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