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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in electronic educational technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Albania to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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