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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in elearning are empowering people in nations all aver the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

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