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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Latvia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to understand these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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