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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like The University of Chicago to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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