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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in e-learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

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