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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology have empowered students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Northern Cyprus to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to understand these significant new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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