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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

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