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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in blended learning technology have enabled students all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations have to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Latvia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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