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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in elearning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

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