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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning enable humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Lithuania to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better perceive these significant new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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