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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like San Marino to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

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