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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations have to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like India to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

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