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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online education are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Lithuania to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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