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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in learning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Turkey to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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