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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in e-learning have empowered humans all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Latvia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also articulates the 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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