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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in technology-enhanced learning are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations must deal with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like Lithuania to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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