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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning have enabled humans all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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