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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in blended learning have made it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Lithuania to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also considers 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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