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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in digital education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Kazakhstan to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better comprehend these open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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