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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Lithuania to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these significant new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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