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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in elearning are providing the means for humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

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