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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in electronic education technology are empowering humans all over the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Lesotho to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

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