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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several subjects that learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Lithuania to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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