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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in blended learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Lithuania to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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