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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in distance learning have provided the means for students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology organizations have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Turkey to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better perceive these promising new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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