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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning have enabled people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Lithuania to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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