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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic education technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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