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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in blended learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Lithuania to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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