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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in e-learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that online education institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Kentucky to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

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