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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in digital education technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Lithuania to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This interesting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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