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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Turkey to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these interesting new open education initiatives. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this crescive desire for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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