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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in e-learning are enabling learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Turkey to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Academics want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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