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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in online learning have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Turkey to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these significant new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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