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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education technology are empowering students all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Lithuania to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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