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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning technology are enabling learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Elidaemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

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