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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online learning have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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