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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online learning technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Luxembourg to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

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