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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in distance learning have empowered humans in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations have to consider now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high attrition?

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