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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Albania to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these promising new open education undertakings. Trainers want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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