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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning technology have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Latvia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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