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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions are considering in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Latvia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to better perceive these promising new open education ventures. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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