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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning enable students all over the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Latvia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scientists want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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