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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

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