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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online learning technology enable people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Lithuania to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to better understand these exciting new open education undertakings. People want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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