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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Lithuania to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this expanding need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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