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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Lithuania to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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