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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in learning technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Lithuania to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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