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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not 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 many issues that online education institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can we certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Latvia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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