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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning technology are enabling students all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Latvia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to better grasp these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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