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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are considering today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Sri Lanka to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

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