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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online education have made it possible for humans all over the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Luxembourg to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

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