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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in e-learning technology are enabling students all around the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Lithuania to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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