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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Lithuania to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these new open education undertakings. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources