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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Latvia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to understand these interesting new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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