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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in digital education technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Latvia to conduct these massive open online courses? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to better understand these intriguing new open education ventures. Universities want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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