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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Lithuania to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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