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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Liechtenstein to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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