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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest changes in online learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Latvia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these promising new open educational endeavours. Students want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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