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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in online education have empowered people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free for learners 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 a variety of issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Latvia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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