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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online education technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor motivation and high attrition?

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