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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in digital education technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? 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 participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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