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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like Lithuania to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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