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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Albania to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these open education initiatives. Academics want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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