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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in elearning have empowered people in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Latvia to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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