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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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