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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Turkmenistan to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these exciting new open education ventures. Public servants want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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