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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online education are empowering people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

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