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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in elearning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC courses? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

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