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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in electronic education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Slovenia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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