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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in digital education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Latvia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to better understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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