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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in online learning are providing the means for students all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are considering now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Greece to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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