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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in digital education technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Latvia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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