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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in digital education technology are enabling learners all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Latvia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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