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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online learning technology have enabled students all around the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is passable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Latvia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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