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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in digital education technology are enabling learners all over the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Lithuania to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and many other participants desire to better comprehend these important new open educational endeavours. Universities want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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