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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology enable humans all over the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Latvia to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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