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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee 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 teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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