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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in elearning technology make it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Latvia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these important new open educational undertakings. Students want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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