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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Turkey to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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