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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in blended learning have enabled people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Latvia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to better grasp these important new open educational undertakings. Academics want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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