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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in distance learning have enabled students all over the world to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are almost always 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 a lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Angola to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

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