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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education are empowering people all over the world to take courses online. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Pridnestrovie (Transnistria) to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

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