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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in elearning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Kazakhstan to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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