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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in online learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

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