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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in e-learning have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Albania to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these interesting new open education undertakings. Researchers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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