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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in e-learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Latvia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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