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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Albania to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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