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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Albania to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

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