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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning are making it possible for students all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

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