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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in electronic educational technology enable people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Lithuania to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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