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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Kazakhstan to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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