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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in e-learning enable people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions have to consider now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Central African Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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