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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning are empowering people all around the world to take part in classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Lithuania to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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