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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in digital education technology have enabled humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

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