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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Lithuania to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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