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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in digital education technology have empowered learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Lithuania to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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