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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in elearning technology have empowered students all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

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