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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online learning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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