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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in e-learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Lithuania to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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