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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in e-learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Utah to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

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