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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in online learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Lithuania to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open education endeavours. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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