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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online education have empowered humans all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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