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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in e-learning have empowered learners all over the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Lithuania to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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