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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning make it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

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