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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in online education have enabled humans all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Aruba to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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