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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online learning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions are considering now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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