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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Lithuania to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Professors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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