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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online learning are providing the means for learners all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Lithuania to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also researches the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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