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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in digital education technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

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