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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in technology-enhanced learning enable people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Lithuania to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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