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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Lithuania to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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