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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online learning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Latvia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and many other participants would like to better comprehend these important new open education undertakings. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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