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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online learning technology are empowering students all around the world to take part in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Turkey to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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