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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in online education are empowering people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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