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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Lithuania to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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