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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning have empowered learners all over the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Turkey to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these important new open education undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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