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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online education are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are considering in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Turkey to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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