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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in blended learning have provided the means for students all over the world to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Turkey to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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