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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning enable people all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Lithuania to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to understand these new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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