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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Kazakhstan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these new open educational ventures. People want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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