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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in online education make it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Paraguay to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

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