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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education enable people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

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