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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. 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. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Lithuania to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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