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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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