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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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