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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Latvia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better grasp these fascinating new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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