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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in elearning have enabled people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Latvia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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