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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations have to consider today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Latvia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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