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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Lithuania to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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