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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Latvia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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