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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic education technology are empowering people all around the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

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