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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in digital education technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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