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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in blended learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Latvia to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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