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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in learning technology have made it possible for students all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Latvia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Universities want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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