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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can educators certify that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Kazakhstan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these significant new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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