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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in online education technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

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