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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education technology enable people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of North Carolina to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

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