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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in electronic educational technology have enabled learners all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

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