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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Spain to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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