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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in technology-enhanced learning are enabling students all over the world to take courses online. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified 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 business strategies are being used by institutions like Turkmenistan to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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