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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in digital education technology have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Latvia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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