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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in e-learning are enabling humans in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOC classes are customarily 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 many topics that e-learning institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we 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 assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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