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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Lithuania to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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