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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Lithuania to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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