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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in blended learning are enabling people all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Lithuania to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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