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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in e-learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Turkmenistan to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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