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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are considering today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Latvia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also talks about the 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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