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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

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