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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online education have empowered learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Latvia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. People want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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