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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in online education have empowered people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

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