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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Latvia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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