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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Kazakhstan to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental 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 institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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