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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online education technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Kazakhstan to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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