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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online learning enable learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

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