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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Lithuania to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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