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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning are enabling humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Latvia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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