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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in digital education technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions are struggling with today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Turkey to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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