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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in digital education technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

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