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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in online education technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

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