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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in e-learning have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Lithuania to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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