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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online learning technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations must deal with now that learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Albania to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

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