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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in elearning are enabling learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Turkmenistan to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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