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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in blended learning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations must deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Lithuania to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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