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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in electronic education technology are enabling students all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Chad to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

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