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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in electronic educational technology are enabling students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Albania to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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