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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in digital education technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology institutions are considering more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Turkey to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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