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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in electronic education technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Lithuania to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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