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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

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