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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in electronic educational technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Lithuania to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desideratum for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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