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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Kazakhstan to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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