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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

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