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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions must deal with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

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