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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in distance learning enable people all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

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