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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in blended learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Albania to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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