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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in electronic education technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions are having to consider today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

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