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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online education have enabled students in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Turkey to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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