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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in learning technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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