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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in distance learning technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Lithuania to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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