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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning have enabled people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Lithuania to conduct these massive open online courses? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these important new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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