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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in e-learning technology enable humans all around the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Uzbekistan to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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