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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning are empowering humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Latvia to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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