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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online education are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Ecuador to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

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