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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Kazakhstan to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

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