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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online learning make it possible for students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Turkmenistan to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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