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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in digital education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Albania to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

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