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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Latvia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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