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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

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