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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Albania to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these significant new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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