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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

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