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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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