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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in e-learning enable people all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Latvia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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