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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Turkey to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these promising new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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