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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in elearning technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions have to consider today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Mongolia to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

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