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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that online learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Latvia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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