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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in e-learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Latvia to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to better perceive these promising new open educational undertakings. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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