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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online education make it possible for students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Latvia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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