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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in e-learning are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations are considering now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

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