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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in e-learning are enabling people all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions are considering more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Macau to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

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