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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic education technology are empowering people all around the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Lithuania to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these compelling new open education initiatives. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This gripping new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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