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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in e-learning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Nauru to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

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