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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic education technology have empowered humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Lithuania to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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