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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Latvia to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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