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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Kazakhstan to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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