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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in digital education technology enable students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Latvia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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