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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education have enabled humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Latvia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Scientists want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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