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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning are enabling humans in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Latvia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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