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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in e-learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

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