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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology organizations are considering now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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