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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Tuvalu to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

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