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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online learning technology are making it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Latvia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to better grasp these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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