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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Albania to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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