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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Latvia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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