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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Latvia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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