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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in digital education technology enable people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Latvia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

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