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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Lithuania to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Universities want to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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