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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Lithuania to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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