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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in distance learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Paraguay to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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