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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in distance learning are enabling humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like Montenegro to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

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