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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Turkmenistan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants would like to understand these interesting new open education initiatives. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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