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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in electronic education technology enable people in nations all aver the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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