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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in digital education technology have empowered students all over the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

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