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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Lithuania to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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