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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in electronic educational technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Latvia to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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