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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in online education technology enable people in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like The University of Chicago to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage low motivation and high attrition?

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