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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in elearning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Latvia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better understand these compelling new open education ventures. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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