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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning enable learners all over the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Lithuania to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Academics want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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