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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in elearning are providing the means for learners all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Albania to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better perceive these open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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