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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic education technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that learning technology institutions are struggling with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Brunei to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

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