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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning have enabled students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Latvia to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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