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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in electronic educational technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Kazakhstan to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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