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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in online learning are making it possible for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

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