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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to take part in classes online. These massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Brazil to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

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