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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in online education technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Lithuania to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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