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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning have provided the means for learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Lithuania to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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