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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in e-learning have enabled learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Lithuania to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Educators want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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