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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Latvia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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