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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Lithuania to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these important new open education initiatives. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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