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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in learning technology enable learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations must deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Latvia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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