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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online learning are enabling learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Guinea to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

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