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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in learning technology enable humans all over the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

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