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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in elearning enable learners all over the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Lithuania to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to understand these important new open educational endeavours. Students want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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