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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in e-learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Lithuania to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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