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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Mongolia to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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