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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in e-learning are enabling people all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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