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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people all over the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Latvia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also examines the major 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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