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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions must deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Lithuania to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to understand these open education initiatives. Students want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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