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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest developments in online education have empowered people in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like State University of New York to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

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