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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Lithuania to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to better understand these exciting new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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