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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Lithuania to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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