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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in e-learning are enabling humans all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning institutions are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Latvia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and many other participants would like to be more aware of these new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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