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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in digital education technology are enabling humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Pakistan to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

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