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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in online education technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

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