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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online learning technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Lithuania to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this crescive need for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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