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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Niger to conduct these massive open online courses? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

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