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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology enable humans in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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