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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in online education enable students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Latvia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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