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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in online learning are enabling students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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