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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in online learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Turkey to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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