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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning have empowered students in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Latvia to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these important new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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