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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education technology are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Great Basin College to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

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