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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in digital education technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions have to consider now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Lithuania to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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