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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in blended learning enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Kazakhstan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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