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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online education have enabled students in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Latvia to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to better understand these interesting new open education endeavours. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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