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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning have enabled learners all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Latvia to conduct these massively open online courses? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these important new open education ventures. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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