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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in elearning technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Queen Maud Land to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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