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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in online learning have empowered students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Kazakhstan to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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