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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Lithuania to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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