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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning make it possible for students in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Jarvis Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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