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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in elearning enable people all over the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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