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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic education technology are empowering students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Latvia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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