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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning are empowering people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? 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 we get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education undertakings. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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