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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology are enabling students all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Latvia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational undertakings. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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