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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in online education technology have enabled students all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Comoros to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

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