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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online learning technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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