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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in elearning technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

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