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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Kazakhstan to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

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