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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in elearning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Latvia to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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