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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in electronic education technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Latvia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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