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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education technology enable students all over the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

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