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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in e-learning are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations have to consider today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Latvia to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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