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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic education technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

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