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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in digital education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Turkmenistan to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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