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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in blended learning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Lithuania to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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