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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

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