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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in distance learning have empowered students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Albania to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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