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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in elearning have enabled humans all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Kazakhstan to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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