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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education have enabled humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are considering today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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