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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in technology-enhanced learning are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

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