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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning have enabled students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Latvia to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Professors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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