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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in e-learning technology have empowered students all over the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Albania to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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