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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in digital education technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations are considering today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Lithuania to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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