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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online education are empowering people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Latvia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Everyone wants to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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