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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in elearning have enabled students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Latvia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Trainers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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