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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses 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 massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Lithuania to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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