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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in online education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

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