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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education technology enable people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Kazakhstan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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