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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in distance learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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