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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in online education technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Lithuania to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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