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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in e-learning have enabled students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free 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 many subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Latvia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Professors want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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