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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in e-learning are making it possible for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are many subjects that e-learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Lithuania to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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