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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning are empowering humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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