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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

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