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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in online education are empowering students all over the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Lithuania to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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