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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in online learning technology have enabled students all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Turkey to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to understand these important new open education endeavours. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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