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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions have to consider today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Latvia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better grasp these significant new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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