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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning enable students in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that elearning institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Latvia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. People want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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