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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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