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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in elearning are making it possible for people all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Latvia to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better grasp these open educational undertakings. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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