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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Lithuania to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open education undertakings. Scientists want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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