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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in e-learning are enabling people all over the world to take courses online. MOOC classes 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 numerous topics that online education institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Suriname to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

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