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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in electronic education technology enable people in nations all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

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