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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Lithuania to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. People want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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