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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

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