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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in digital education technology are making it possible for students in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Lithuania to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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