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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in digital education technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Latvia to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. People want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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