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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Lithuania to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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