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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in digital education technology have enabled learners all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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