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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in learning technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Latvia to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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