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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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