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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Latvia to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a need to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. People want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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