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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Lithuania to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also considers 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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