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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Peter I Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

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