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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in online learning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Uganda to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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