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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning are empowering people all over the world 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. MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Lithuania to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these intriguing new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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