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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in digital education technology enable students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Albania to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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