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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online education technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

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