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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in distance learning enable people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Turkmenistan to conduct these massively open online courses? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these fascinating new open education endeavours. Professors want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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