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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online learning have enabled people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

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