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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in digital education technology are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

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