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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in elearning have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

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