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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Clipperton Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

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