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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in electronic education technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are ordinarily free 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 numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Turkmenistan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better understand these new open education endeavours. Researchers want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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