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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in electronic educational technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

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