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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in e-learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high student attrition?

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