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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online education are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Malta to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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