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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in learning technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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