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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic education technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Kazakhstan to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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