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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning enable learners all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Latvia to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these interesting new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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