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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in digital education technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Turkmenistan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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