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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

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