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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning are empowering students all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

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