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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in distance learning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Lithuania to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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