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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in technology-enhanced learning enable people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Latvia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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