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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Latvia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also discusses the key 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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