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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in distance learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Turkey to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This new book also studies 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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