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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in elearning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

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