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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in online education are enabling people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Latvia to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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