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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in e-learning have empowered learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Comoros to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

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