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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic education technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Kazakhstan to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also discusses 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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