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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in elearning technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Paraguay to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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