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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online education have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Latvia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. People want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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