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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Latvia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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