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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Kazakhstan to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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