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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online learning technology have enabled students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Turkmenistan to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these new open educational undertakings. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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