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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in digital education technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Latvia to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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