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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in blended learning enable humans all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Turkey to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Researchers want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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