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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in electronic education technology have enabled humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Latvia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these open education ventures. Students want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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