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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online education are making it possible for people all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions have to consider today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

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