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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in online education technology have enabled humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Latvia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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