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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in online learning are empowering students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Lithuania to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these open education undertakings. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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