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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education enable learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

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