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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in online education have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models 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 teachers handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to understand these exciting new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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