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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in online education are empowering learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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