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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online education are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Lithuania to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Teachers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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