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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in learning technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Lithuania to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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