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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in digital education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

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