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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in e-learning technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Lithuania to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Public servants want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This exciting new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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