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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like China, People's Republic of to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

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