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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in blended learning technology enable people all around the world to take online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are considering today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Lithuania to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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