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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Latvia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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