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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in digital education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many subjects that elearning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Latvia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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