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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations have to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Kazakhstan to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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