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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Latvia to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to better perceive these significant new open educational experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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