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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in online education have empowered students in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

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