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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in e-learning enable humans all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Latvia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Corporations want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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