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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Lithuania to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these new open educational undertakings. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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