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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online education technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Bhutan to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

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