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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in e-learning technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Lithuania to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these new open education undertakings. Public servants want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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