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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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